Paper ring mirror



Feb'. 15, 1944.

PAPER RING MIRROR Filed Oct. 3, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet].

' INVENTOR: flaw'd Bezbamdlo ATTORNEYS D. BEZBORODKO 2,341,590

PAPER RING MIRROR Filed Oct. 5, 1942 k 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR: I

(W0 0 d 41 aw Bezboro o {a I Wvg Patented Feb. 15, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE PAPER RING Mnmon David Bez'borodko, New York, Y.

Application October 3, 1942, Serial No. 460,601

g I 3 Claims.

This invention relates to portable mirrors of the type having a. continuous round or oval peripheral paper ring associated therewith and a backing disk for each mirror retained in association with the latter by means of said ring, while a paper tongue is secured to said backing to serve as an easel support or to connect said mirror to a casing for said mirror also including a paper ring and a disk in its structure.

The main object of my invention is to utilize special paper rings and parts in the construction of portable mirrors and to manufacture salable mirrors at low cost.

Another object is to avoid the use of metal in the construction of mirrors of this type by using paper members which are suitably lined and coated and also perfectly adapted to be shaped for efiective association with'such mirrors.

A further object is to avoid soldered, brazed or welded metal joints and instead use paper parts in entire, pasted or stapled form.

Other objects and the advantages of my invention will appear more fully in detail as-this specification proceeds.

In order to disclose more clearly the features and details involved in practising my invention, the same is illustrated in practical form in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portable mirror of the easel type made according to. the invention.

Fig. 2 is another perspective view of the same seen from the rear. 3

Fig. 3 is an exploded view to disclose the structural elements of the mirror when dissociated.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the ring in initial form with a mirror glass about to be inserted.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section of the assembled mirror as taken from one edge thereof.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modification in open condition.

Fig. 7 is another view of the same as seen in perspective from the rear.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the mirror of Figures 6 and '7, while Figure 9 is a side elevation of the same mirror in closed or nested condition.

Throughout the views the same reference numerals indicate the same or like parts.

Portable mirrors, folding mirrors and even hand mirrors have frequently been made with metal frames, but often joints have been required to be made and the price of metal fluctuates, and in some cases metal is unobtainable at reasonable costs, and hence it is now proposed to utilize a structure substantially comprising paper in suitable form in order to lighten the mirror structure as a Whole and to bring down the cost.

In the practice of my invention a mirror generally indicated at l consists of the usual mirror glass 2, which is silvered in the usual manner and provided, particularly as shown in Figures 3 and 5, with cardboard backing 3, a corrugated cardboard filler 4 and an outer backing 5, provided with an easel support 6 secured by pasting or by staples l to the backing 5, an aperture 8 being advantageously formed in the support 6, so that the mirror may be hung upon a nail or hook at will. The mentioned members are assembled within a seamless or continuous paper ring generally indicated at 9, having two rolled over edges l0 and i I which serve as retaining flanges for the mirror and the backing members 2 to 5.

In order to assemble the mirror in an eflicient manner, the ring 9 preferably has only one edge rolled over to form the flange 10, while the other edge i2 is open and in line with the outer cylindrical shape of the ring as a Whole, preparatory to receiving the mirror 2 and its backing members. The mirror glass is first inserted, then the cardboard backing 3, the backing filler or corrugated board 4 follows, and finally the outer backing 5 is introduced after which the edge l2 may be spun over by spinning the ring and its contents in a spinning lathe when it will be found that the spun over edge II will remain in shape and will hold the mirror glass and its backing members firmly in place.

Certain features of the invention are particularly advantageous for sale and use as for assembly with respect to the backing 5 and ring 9. The backing 5 consists of a cardboard member I3 to which a leather paper sheet I4 is pasted, while the support or tongue 6, which is secured thereto consists of an intermediate cardboard member I 5 and an outer leather paper l6 and an inner leather paper I! in order to render said cardboard very strong and harmonize the same with the ring and backing as will be immediately explained.

The ring 9 consists of an intermediate layer of cardboard IS, a Kraft-paper lining l9 and an outer leather paper 20 pasted thereto in order to impart great strength combined with excellent appearance, the combination being capable of retaining the form given the same by pressing or spinning, etc.

While the mirror just described merely utilizes a support or tongue 6 serving as an easel support, it is also possible to have the mirror attached to a casing therefor, in which it is nested when out of use, as even illustrated in various positions in Figures 6 through 9. The mirror I proper is exactly like the mirror I except that the tongue or support 6 is replaced at the rear with a connecting tongue or ring 2|, which is stapled or pasted to the back at the upper end 22 thereof, while at the lower end 23 the same is pasted or stapled to the peripheral wall 24 of a mirror casing indicated generally at 25. Tongue or support 21 is preferably made of the same material as in the case of support 6 above described, but instead of having one joint or bend 26 near the upper end of said support 6 it has both the bend 27 joining the intermediate portion 28 to upper end 22 and a secondjoint 29 joining certain intermediate portions with the lower end 23. Both the upper and lower ends 22 and 23 are stapled to their respective portions or otrerwise secured in a manner known in the art.

On the other hand, the casing 25 consists of a continuous paper ring 24 with the upper and lower edges turned or rolled over so that this ring is virtually identical in shape to that of ring 9, except that it is slightly larger so as to receive the mirror 9' readily within the same, with the result that the whole combination will appear as shown in side elevation in Figure 9.

It is evident that the mirror glass is turned face down within the ring 24 when the mirror is nested within said ring. Ring 24 .is provided with a paper board 30 which is fitted into the interior thereof between its upper and lower overturned edges and is retained in position by means of a ring or strip 3! of paper which thus serves to space the bottom 30 down to the lowest portion of the ring 24. The paper board 30 is preferably made from a cardboard layer coated upon both sides with leather paper or any other suitable finishing paper, and the-same may also be applied to the paper or cardboard strip 3! upon the exposed side, while it is obvious that the color of the leather paper in. each case may be selected to suit any taste, but one or more cardboard backings may be omitted.

It is evident from the foregoing that it is actually unnecessary to use metal in the, construction of aportable or folding mirror and that I when making the entire mirror, except the mirror glass and its silver, of paper judiciously utilizing the proper or desirable type of paper, the assembled combination will actually display a group of advantages as already indicated, and will be pleasing to the eye and convenient to use as well as reasonably durable. Plane and concave mirrors may also be used together.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim:

1. A paper ring mirror including a continuous paper ring having both ends or edges rolled inwardly to form retaining flanges within said ring, a mirror glass within one flange, a cardboard backing behind the mirror glass within the other flange, there being at least one paper filler between said backing and mirror glass, a second continuous paper ring having both ends or edges rolled inwardly to form retaining flanges within the same, a cardboard bottom disk member within one of said flanges, a paper spacing ring disposed between the other flange and said bottom disk member, and a cardboard easel support secured at one end to the backing associated with the first paper ring, and at the other end secured upon the exterior of the second paper ring, the latter being of sufilcient diameter to receive the first paper ring in nested relation.

2. A paper ring mirror according to claim 1, having each of the two paper rings comprising a cardboard body with a kraft paper lining and exterior leather paper cover or coating, and the backing associated with the first ring comprising a cardboard body with an exterior leather paper cover or coating, while the bottom disk member associated with the second ring comprises a cardboard body having a leather paper cover or coating on at leastone side thereof, and the easel support consists of a stiff cardboard body having a leather paper cover or coating upon each of its two sides.

3. A paper ring mirror including a continuous paper ring having both ends or edges rolled inwardly to form retaining flanges within said ring, a mirror glass within one flange, said ring comprising a cardboard body with a kraft paper lining and an exterior leather paper cover or coating, a backing behind the mirror glass within the other flange, said backing composing a cardboard body with an exterior leather paper cover or coating, and an easel support secured at one end to said backing and capable of being bent adjacent said end to project the other end outward, said support having a stiif cardboard body with a leather paper cover or coating. upon each of its two sides.

DAVID BEZBORODKO. 

